New Relic reviews

Never once had I received a negative quarterly performance review or had any work issues brought to my attention during 1 on 1 meetings in over 3 years of working at New Relic. At my last performance review, I was ambushed by a "Performance Improvement Plan" stating that I was not meeting expectations. The items to complete or be terminated, individually were doable within 90 days. However I was given a list of 5 tasks to accomplish. It was clear the company was not interested in my success as an employee. Pushing out a long time employee under the guise of a Performance Improvement Plan is unfair. Unfortunately this approach is still being used by the company.

Promotions come infrequently or not at all. Expect the salary you negotiate when you get the job to be your salary indefinitely, even if they assure you it will be up for discussion at review time. Standard complaints about technical debt apply, especially given that the company grew so quickly. The management is generally pretty committed to resolving that though and we're given plenty of time to address bugfixes; less to do general refactoring. The biggest con would probably be that management knows how much you like working here and they'll use that to delay raises and skip perks. Turns out that being too happy at your job also has a bit of a downside. Don't play the 'I got another offer for $X' card, you'll likely be invited to accept your new job. They're well aware of the fact they are one of the best places to work in Portland.